Predictive Analytics: The Stop-and-Frisk of Child Welfare – The Chronicle of Social Change

Predictive Analytics: The Stop-and-Frisk of Child WelfareThe Chronicle of Social ChangeAnd as with stop-and-frisk, predictive analytics leads to an enormous number of false positives, guaranteeing that many more innocent families will be swept into the system, and their children needlessly consigned to foster care, with all of the harm …